Four-Step Buttonholing - Singer 6233 Instruction Manual

SECTION 5
Four-Step Buttonholing
Your machine makes buttonholes in four easy steps.
* You never need to move the fabric or
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When making buttonholes on hard-to-
reposiion the needle.
reach areas convert machine bed to free
* Always make a practice buftonhole on a arm sewing.
sample of your fabric.
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Mark buttonhole position on fabric as indi-
* Be sure bobbin contains enough thread. cated in pattern.
.When sewing delicate fabrics, place a
piece of paper over the fabric when
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positioning the garment Lower the
presser foot and slip the paper out
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under the foot. This will prevent
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the teeth on the underside of the foot
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from picking and pulling the fabric.
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Stitch Selection: Buttonhole Stitch
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Foot: Buttonhole (L)
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Needle Plate: General Purpose (A)
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* Raise presser foot.
* Placefabric underfoot.
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* Center a red guideline (1) of foot
around beginning line of buttonhole.
* Select Buttonhole Stitch #1/3.
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* Position needle in fabric at point (2).
* Lower the foot and make sure the slid-
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ing portion of the foot is all the way for-
ward. Make 4 or 5 stitches ending at
point (3).
* Raise needle.
Step 2
,g_____*Select Buttonhole Stitch #2.
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Stitch down to point (4).
* Raise needle.
Step 3
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* Select Buttonhole Stitch #113.
. Make four or five stitches, ending at
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point (5).
* Raise needle.
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